IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Monteagle
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1988TN061005
  • User Pedon ID: 88TN061005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1988TN061005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 88P0332
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 60450
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location In Web Soil Survey
  • AOI is roughly a square mile and pedon is marked in the center.
  • Location in SoilWeb
  • Location in Google Maps
  • Std. Latitude: 35.2469444
  • Std. Longitude: -85.7294464
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Tracy City; 1 mi. S on Lankford Town Rd to Layne farm, 2500 feet E of barn on a hill.
  • State: Tennessee
  • County: TN061—Grundy
  • MLRA: 125—Cumberland Plateau and Mountains

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: W. C. Moffitt, B. Goins
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, siliceous Typic Hapludults
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Monteagle
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, siliceous Typic Hapludults
  • PSC - 15 to 65 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/1/1988
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: plateaus or tablelands
  • Landform: upland slope
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: frequent flooding
  • Bedrock: with =>200
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/1/1988 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    PIVI2

    QUAL

    QUFA

    Pinus virginiana

    Quercus alba

    Quercus falcata

    Virginia pine

    white oak

    southern red oak

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—15

    15—117

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    Setting and Climate
    Slope Slope Length USLE Upslope Length Elev. Corr. Elev Aspect MAP REAP FFD MAAT MSAT MWAT MAST MSST MWST MFFP PE Index Climate Station ID Climate Station Name Climate Station Type
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    3

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    607

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    225

    153

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    14

    23

    4

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    Oi—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); fragments.
    A—2 to 5 centimeters (0.8 to 2.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed loam; moderate medium granular structure; very friable; 5.5 very fine roots and 5.5 fine roots throughout; 5.5 very fine continuous tubular and 5.5 fine continuous tubular pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P01722; moist when described;. No clods.; many very fine roots; many fine roots throughout
    E—5 to 17 centimeters (2.0 to 6.7 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 2.5 medium roots throughout and 5.5 fine roots; 2.5 very fine continuous tubular and 2.5 fine continuous tubular pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P01723; moist when described;. many fine roots; common medium roots throughout
    Bt1—17 to 35 centimeters (6.7 to 13.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.5 medium roots throughout and 2.5 fine roots; 2.5 very fine continuous tubular and 2.5 continuous tubular pores; 37 percent faint , moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P01724; moist when described;. common clay films surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; common fine roots; common medium roots throughout; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 232556; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 232556
    Bt2—35 to 53 centimeters (13.8 to 20.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) interior clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.5 medium roots throughout and 2.5 fine roots; 2.5 very fine continuous tubular and 2.5 fine continuous tubular pores; 37 percent distinct , moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P01725; moist when described;. common clay films surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; common fine roots; common medium roots throughout; continuous - phpvsfiid 232557; continuous - phpvsfiid 232557
    2Bt3—53 to 119 centimeters (20.9 to 46.9 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) interior clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 medium roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots; 2.5 very fine continuous tubular and 2.5 fine continuous tubular pores; 37 percent distinct , moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 3 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P01726; moist when described;. Soft fragments.; common clay films surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; few fine roots; few medium roots throughout; continuous - phpvsfiid 232558; continuous - phpvsfiid 232558
    2BC—119 to 159 centimeters (46.9 to 62.6 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) interior clay loam; 1 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) medium prominent and 11 percent red (10R 4/8) medium prominent mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 medium roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots; 2.5 very fine continuous tubular and 2.5 fine continuous tubular pores; 3 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P01727; moist when described;. Soft fragments.; few fine roots; few medium roots throughout; common medium prominent 10R48 mottles; few medium prominent 10YR68 mottles
    Cr—159 to 185 centimeters (62.6 to 72.8 inches); fragments. Soft weathered yellowish and reddish sandstone.